Tobernabreadan Well (Site of) — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

Tobernabreadan Well is gone, its field drained and surface traces erased, yet the name still promises a salmon that never swam there. The water once fed monks at Castledermot, moving from a hidden Kildare hole into human hands, bread, prayer and life. The loss is not emptiness; it is a reminder that places can disappear while continuing to shape memory.

The name means 'Salmon Well', although Jackson says there was no such tradition of a fish living in the well. She does however report a local tradition that the water was used by the monks in the friary at Castledermot (see under Castledermot No. ) (JKAS 1979-80, 152). The field is now drained, and there are no visible surface traces of the well. Date of upload: 8 September 2016

The well is associated with a tradition of its water being used by the monks of the friary at Castledermot, though no specific saint or cure is directly linked to the site in available records. The name derives from the Irish "Tobar na Breacáin," meaning "Salmon Well," though no folklore about salmon inhabiting the well has been documented.

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